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Default User's Startup folder Windows 8.1 vs Windows 10
Just noticed something as I was playing around with the Startup folder of the Default user in both Windows 8.1 and Windows 10: For some reason, on all of my installs of Windows 10, the Default user's ...
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Laptop boots extremely slow; black screen
I have a Toshiba Satellite L50-B-2G9, which takes hours to boot.
Initially I had Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 15.10 installed side-by-side and switched between them regularly. I noticed it took longer and ...
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Keyboard unresponsive for first minute after booting Windows 8.1
When I initially boot into Windows 8.1, my keyboard responds very slowly, if at all, until roughly a minute after login. I can start typing, but there will be about 5-10 seconds between each keystroke ...
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Bootcamp is unable to boot Windows 8.1
Ok I've tried the most tactics to this but i am still stuck.
I am unable to boot into windows on my Macbook pro 2012. I have been using Parallels lately and for the first time it read that it is ...
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Windows 8.1 INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE error preventing startup
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My Fujitsu Lifebook laptop (running Windows 8.1) has gradually been getting slower over the last few months, so I recently took steps to speed it up. These included:
Making use of the ...
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Dropbox starts by itself even though the option to start with system is turned off
Even though the option to "Start Dropbox on system startup" is unchecked, somehow Dropbox sometimes starts by itself. I have observed many times on Windows 10 and 8.1. I would like the only way for ...
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Windows Boot PreSessionInit time up to 140sec Struggling to find reason
Windows Boot PreSessionInit time up to 140sec. Struggling to find reason.
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro
OS Version: 6.3.9600 N/A Build 9600
Processor(s): ...
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Veracrypt decrypt multiple drives at boot
I want to encrypt my C:\ and D:\ drive using veracrypt. And have them both decrypted at boot.
C:\ hosts my OS (win8.1) and D:\ holds most of my installed applications since C:\ only has 90GB of ...
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Restoring and Activating Windows after changing Bios chip?
I have an HP Laptop that originally came with a Windows 8.1. I updated to Windows 10 recently.
However, I was working on my laptop and suddenly it shut downed and didn't boot up again. I tried to ...
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Test Clonezilla image recovery
I have successfully created a backup image of my laptop's hard drive using CloneZilla. Before making system changes I want to verify that the backup is fully restorable and can be booted from.
I have ...
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Custom Build PC, Windows Boots Inconsistently/Intermittent Video Signal On Boot
My friend and I built a new machine together a few months. The rig has the following specs:
Motherboard: ASROCK Fatal1ty X99M Killer
CPU: Intel i7
RAM: 16GB, 2x 8GB DDR4 Crucial Ballistix Sport 2400 ...
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Windows 8.1 freeze on startup - Dell Inspiron 15 (7537)
I have a huge problem. (Sorry for my english) The day befoe yesterday I had a Dell Update shown up on my taskbar, I approved it, it ran, and after that I could not turn my laptop on.
When I try to ...
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Windows 8.1 Boot Issues - Possibly Graphics Driver?
Yesterday I was notified my desktop was going to restart in 15 minutes. So I quickly finished what I was doing and I clicked "Restart and Update." I let it shut down and restart like normal but when ...
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Create Windows 8.1 USB Boot Disk to Boot in OSX Maverick
After I installed Mac OSX Maverick 10.9 to my Mac Computer. I have a problem with installing Microsoft Windows 8.1 into my Mac my using Bootcamp.
I try some third party software such as Win USB Boot ...
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PC Boots into bios, windows loading screen, then monitor loses signal
I have an irritating problem.
My pc will post, allow me to enter bios setup to change settings and whatnot. When attempting to boot either to the windows boot manager, or the windows 8.1 setup disk, ...
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